Image to followAI-generated illustrationColydium elongatum
Colydium elongatum
Family: ZopheridaeGenus: Colydiumnative in Germany
native in Germany
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4
Plants
visited
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8
Interactions
documented
About this species
A tiny beetle with an average body length of just over 6 millimetres and a mass of about 3.3 milligrams. The dorsal surface is hairless, while the underside of the abdomen bears noticeably longer hairs. The beetle is pale in colour and has well-developed wings that suggest it is capable of flight.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Merkmale
Körper
Body length
0.6131 cm
Weight
0.003251 g
Scientific profile
Colydium elongatum is a small zopherid beetle with an average body length of 6.1 millimetres and a mass of 0.0033 grams. The body is lightly pigmented and the dorsal cuticle is devoid of hairs, though the ventral abdomen is clothed with relatively dense hairs. The wings are well developed: wing length measures about 5 millimetres, wing area 7.1 square millimetres, giving a wing loading of 0.457 and an aspect ratio of 2.811. The head is comparatively broad, the antennae are short (about 1 millimetre), and the mandibles are modest in length. There is no measurable sexual dimorphism in the morphological characters recorded.
Visited plants
4 plants are visited by this species
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Hagge et al. (2021) — Saproxylic Beetle Morphological Trait Database, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2fqz612p3 (CC0 1.0)
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